Double-deck car.



W. E. FOWLER, Sa.

DOUBLE DECK CAR.

APPLxcATloN FILED JuLYzz. 1915.

Lll; Patented Dec. 28, 1915. l

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UNITED @TATE@ PATENT' FFlIfJE.

WILLIAM E. FowLER., sn., or CHICAGO, ILLrNoIs, AssIGNon ro THE FowLna can COMPANY, or` CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

DOUBLE-DECK CAR.

Patented Dec. 28, 15115.

Application filed .Tuly 22, 1915. Serial No. 41,232.

To, all whom t may concern Be it kno-wn that I, IVILLIAM E. FowLna, Sr., a citizen of the United States, and resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Double-Deck Cars, of which the following is a specification. f

My invention relates to railway cars and has particular reference to a novel bracket construction similar to that disclosed in my co-pending application, Serial No. 872,345.

It has been found in practice that while a bracket adapted for swinging movement and for accommodation within a pocket is desirable, means must be provided for preventing possible leakage from the outside of the car it having been found that water is likely to find its way into the body of the car in some of the constructions heretofore proposed. Particularly is this true in single sheath cars of the type now largely in use. I have therefore devised a construction which shall Obviate the possibility of the entrance of rain from the exterior of the car. The result is secured by providing a continuous flange on the inside of the pocket, the top and the side flanges being adapted to be located inside of the car while the bottom flange is intended to be located outside of the car. Thus any water which may find its way around the pocket will be deflected outwardly by the lower flange. It has been found also that a secure locking means should be provided to prevent the pocket when not in use from swinging into the car due to the jolting thereof. The desired result is secured by providing for the bodily vertical movement of the bracket on its pivot and by locating a lug interiorly of the pocket in such position that the edge of the bracket engages the same when in its inward location. The arrangement is such that the bracket cannot be removed from the pocket without bodily lifting the bracket in Order to permit it to swing on its pivot.

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1, is a side elevation of the bracket and pocket showing a car side and upper deck floor in section; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the construction, the car wall and and, Fig. fl is a section on the line ofl Fig. 2.

. Referring more particularly to the drawv ings it will be seen that the side wall 10, of the car is provided with an opening within which a cast metal pocket 11,is seated. This pocket is provided with side and top flanges 12, 13, and a bottom flange 14. The to-p and side fianges project from the open edge of the pocket whereas the bottom flange 14, is located rearwardly of the opening an amount. corresponding to substantially the thickness of the car wall. Because of this construction thetop and side flanges appear on the inside of the car and the bottom flange on the outside. `Any water which may have a tendency to enter the car through the opening in the wall is deflected by the top and side flanges and is unable to enter the car at the lower portion of the pocket due to the horizontal flange 15, at each side of the pocket. This provides a Water tight construction and one which is readily applied to the car side.

The bracket consists of a plate 16, a shelf 17, webs 18, connecting the plate and shelf at each side and a lug 19, having a slot 20, therein for coperation with a bolt 21, which extends through the bracket in a horizontal position. A bolt-hole 22, is provided in the shelf, and a finger hole 23, in the plate 16. The shelf 17, is adapted to support a Stringer 2li, on which an intermediate licor 25, is placed. In order to securely lock the bracket within the pocket, I provide on the floor 26, of the pocket a vertical lug 27. The lug is so located as to lie alongside the inner edge of the plate 16, when the bracket is in its unexposed position within the pocket, as best shown in Fig. 3. To remove the bracket from that position it is necessary to bodily lift the bracket, this movement being permitted by the slot 20, whereupon it may be swung around the bolt 21, into the position shown in Fig. 1. In that position it will be seen that the lower portion of the bracket rests against the `wall 10, and that the strain is substantially entirely removed from the pivot bolt.

Obviously the construction is capable of considerable modification and Ysuch modifications as are within the scope of my claims I consider within the spirit ofrmy invention.

I claim:

l. In a railway car, a side wall having an opening therein, a pocket set in said opening, a bracket pivoted in said pocket, and a flange surrounding said. pocket, said ila-nge lying outside of said wall at a point beneath the pocket and inside the wall above the pocket, substantially as described.

2. In a railway car, a side wall having an openingtherein, a pocket set Vin said opening, a bracket pivoted in said pocket, and a flange above and below said pocket, said flange lying outside of said wall at a point beneath the pocket and inside the wall above the pocket, substantially as described.

3. In a railway car, a side wall having an opening therein, a metal pocket adapted to be seated in said opening, a bracket pivoted in said pocket, and a flange around the open side vof said pocket, said flange being located to lie inside of said wall on the top and sides and outside of the wall on the bottom of the pocket, substantially as described.

Il. In a railway car, the combination of a wall having an lopening therein, a flanged metal pocket set in said opening, a bracket horizontally pivoted in said pocket and mounted for bodily, vertical movement in the pocket, and a lug in the pocket against which said bracket is adapted 'to abut yin one positionof the bracket whereby to lock the bracket in the pocket, substantially as described. n Y

5. In a railway car, theA combination of a wall having an opening therein, a langed metal pocket set in said opening, a bracket pivoted in said pocket and mounted for bodily, vertical movement in the pocket, and a vertical lug on the floor of the pocket against which the edge of the bracket is adapted to abut whereby ythe bracket is locked in the pocket against any but avertical, bodily movement, substantiallyas described.

6. In a device of the class'describechthe combination of a pocket member provided with a flange around Its open side, a bracket having a slotted opening, a horizontal bolt engaging said pocket *member and said slot in the bracket, and a vertical lug on thelloor of the `pocket` against which the edge of the bracket is adapted to abut whereby' the bracket is locked 1n the pocket against any but a vertical bodily movement, substan-V tially as described. y y v Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 19th day of July, 1915.v y i WILLIAM E. FowLER, SR. WVitnesses l i T. D. BUTLER,

H. C. JACOBS.

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